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* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline
History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City,
Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record
of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men; Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
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LANE DALLY, Hilliar township,
farmer, was born in Hilliar township, February, 1842. He
is the youngest son of John and Mary A. Dally nee
Walters, who were married in Richland county, Ohio, and
in 1834 came to Hilliar and settled in the woods. They had
a family of ten children. Mr. Dally died in 1869.
His wife still survives him. The subject of this notice
was reared on his father's farm. He was married to Miss
Cypha Cumpston, of Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1866.
They have a family of five children.
Source: History
of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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JACOB DALRYMPLE
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SQUIRE D. DALRYMPLE
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WILLIAM BRICE
DALRYMPLE
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of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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HENRY DANIEL
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GEORGE W. DARLING,
Hilliar township, clothier, Centreburgh, Ohio, was born near
Newville, Richland county, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1845. He was
raised on a farm. He enlisted in the Sixty-fourth Ohio
volunteer infantry, company C, in 1861; he participated in the
battle of Shiloh and all the battles in which his regiment and
company were engaged until after the battle of Stone River,
Tennessee, when he was taken with typhoid fever and rendered
unable to do service, and was discharged. He returned home
and after regaining his health he went to Bloomington, Illinois,
where he enlisted in company D, Third Illinois cavalry, and
served with them six months; he was then detached on General
Saul Meredith's staff as private orderly, and
remained as orderly until the war was over, at Paducha,
Kentucky, after which he joined his regiment, and was with the
expedition to Devil's lake, and thence to Fort Snelling,
Minnesota, and there mustered out of service October 10, 1865,
having served in the two regiments about four years.
His business life commenced in 1868, in Independence,
Richland county, Ohio, in a country store. He bought a
half interest in the business of William Severns, his
father-in-law. The firm bought produce of all kinds.
He was for a time agent of the railroad at that point. In
1873 the firm lost about all their property by fire. After
the fire he travelled for some time for a woolen-mill and powder
factory. In 1875 he commenced clerking for Mr. Severns,
his former partner, and he remained with him until August, 1879,
when he purchased a stock of clothing and came to Centreburgh,
where he carries a full line of all kinds of ready-made
clothing, hats, caps and gentlemen's furnishing goods. He
has a growing trade and carries about three thousand five
hundred dollars worth of stock. He is a good business man
and his customers never find a reason to complain from any
misrepresentation, as he confines himself to business
principles, truth and veracity. He was married to Miss
Delnorta S. Severns, of Richland county, Ohio, January,
1868, and by this union they had four children, three of whom
are living.
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of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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JOHN DARLING, Berlin township
(deceased), was born in New York in 1817; came to Ohio when a
young man, and was married in 1842 to Mary Ann Rundle.
They had three children - Richard L., Charles T., and
James E. Mrs. Mary Ann Darling died in 1852.
Mr. John Darling married Lydia Ann Kinney in
1854, who was born in Knox county in 1820. They had three
children - James E., born in 1855, Henry M. in
1857, and Alva B. in 1861. The father, John
Darling, died July 26, 1876. James E. died in
1843, and James Edson in 1856. Henry Darling
was married in 1877 to Mary Vore, who was born in Mt.
Vernon in 1857. They have one son, George W., who
ws born July 26, 1878.
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of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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NICHOLAS R. DARLING,
Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown; was born in
Wayne township in 1830 and married in 1864 to Margaret Ellen
Bricker, who was born in Clinton township in 1830. An
infant child was left on the porch of the house in a basket
(warmly dressed), on the morning of Oct. 7, 1880 (a mystery).
They cared for and became attached to it, named it Eddie V.,
and were making arrangements to have it adopted, but it died in
January, 1881.
Mr. Darling purchased the first threshing
machine manufactured by Altman Taylor & Co., Mansfield.
They attribute much credit to Mr. Darling for his
ingenuity, skill and patience in making many improvements so
that the machine became a success. He used this machine
for fifteen years. In 1864 they made him a very liberal
donation on on a new machine.
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of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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ROBERT
D. DARLING, Wayne twp., post office, Fredericktown; born
in Wayne township, this county, in 1845, and was married in 1870
to Clotilda Lyon, who was born in Wayne twp., this
county, in 1846. They have four children, Nellie,
born in 1871; Frank, in 1875; Nina, in 1877; and
Willie, in 1879. Mr. Darling is a farmer by
occupation, and has always lived in this county.
Source: History
of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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WILLIAM DARLING, farmer,
was born Apr. 9, 1814, in Hampshire county, Virginia. He
moved to Butler township, Knox county, Ohio, in 1820, and to
Jackson township in 1835. He was married to Eliza
Melick Apr. 6, 1841. They have had ten children, viz.:
Lucy A., James K., Morgan, Louisa, Cyrus, Nan, Sarah E., Avilda,
Otto, and Louis. Mr. Darling is an old and
respected citizen of Jackson; has served several terms as
justice of the peace.
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of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio
by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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WILLIAM DARLING, Wayne
township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown; born in Coshocton
county in 1825, came with his parents to Knox county in 1829,
and was married Oct. 15, 1857, to Saprona Willis, who was
born June 11, 1835, in New York. She came with her parents
to Knox county in 1839. They have one son,
Herbert Stanton, born Jan. 17, 1862. He is now
engaged in the study of medicine in Fredericktown with Dr. S.
B. Potter. Mr. William Darling is one of the leading
men of this township, and owns a beautiful farm with excellent
buildings.
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by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 -
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JACOB
DAVIS, Monroe township, was born near Hagerstown,
Maryland, Apr. 4, 1800, and came to Mt. Vernon, Knox county,
with his father, Henry Davis, in 1815. He married
Elizabeth Downs, daughter of George Downs, of Knox
county, April 3, 1827, and moved to Monroe township, wher ehe
purchased land and erected a saw-mill on Schenck's creek
in 1828. Shortly afterwards he erected a grist-mill and
added a fulling-mill and carding machine. Being an
enterprising business man he not only ran his own mill but owned
an interest in the Monroe mills, Gilcrest's mills and
Shamon's mills. Mr. Davis died Sept. 12, 1837,
and was buried in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran cemetery, the
ground for which was donated by him. He was the father of
nine children, of whom James Woodbridge David was the
youngest. He was born June 9, 1849, at the old homestead
on Schenck's creek, and reared on the farm. He
married Jennie Daymude, daughter of William Daymude,
of Monroe township, Dec. 14, 1876, and has two children,
Elmer S. and Herman.
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JESSE
DAVIS, farmer, Liberty township, was born in Cecil
county, Maryland, Oct. 16, 1812. His father, a native of
Ireland, emigrated to the United States when quite young.
He served in the War of 1812 under Commodore McDonouth, and
received a wound. He was a man of considerable
attainments, taught a select school for some years, and married
a Miss Mary Neabb, a native of York county, Pennsylvania.
They had nine sons and one daughter, all of whom are believed to
be dead except Jesse Davis, who learned the blacksmith
trade, which he followed for some years.
When about twenty years of age he went to Ohio county,
Virginia, where, in April, 1835, he married Rosanna Frazier,
who was born in Ohio county, West Virginia, Jan. 9, 1808.
They remained in Virginia until 1850 when they came to their
present home. There were born to these parents four
children in Virginia, viz: Samuel H., Robert F., Mary,and
James W., Samuel H., Robert F., Mary, and James
W. Samuel H. and Robert F. enlisted in
Company G, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer infantry. Samuel H.
was taken sick and died May 30, 1862. While sick he was
commissioned second lieutenant, but was never mustered.
Robert F. was discharged in the fall of 1863, on account of
physical disability. He is now bookkeeper in the First
National bank, of Canton, Illinois. Mary and
James W. are on the farm.
Mr. Davis was captain of company D, One hundred
and Forty-second Ohio National guard. When the regiment
was called out some of the companies were consolidated.
Mr. Davis was transferred to company A, which company he
commanded during his enlistment.
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MRS.
JOANNA DAVIS, Liberty township, was born in Milford
township, Nov. 30, 1829. She is the daughter of Smith
Bishop and Mary Ann Jeffries, of whom mention is made
in the history of Milford township. They had a family of
eight children, six sons and two daughters, viz: John J.,
Joanna, the subject of this notice; Henry A., Benjamin
F., Gilford D., Allen S., Clark N., and Adaline L.,
wife of James Ray, who resides near Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Bishop died in 1866. His wife survives
him. Joanna was married to Joseph P. Davis,
Nov. 18, 1861. He was a native of the State of New York,
and died in 1877. They had three children, viz: Anna
Mary, born July 10, 1862; Cora Estelle, born Jan. 10,
1866, and Ellen Adaline, born Sept. 26, 1868.
Mrs. Davis is an estimable lady.
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JOHN
M. DAVIS, farmer, Miller township, was born in Clinton
township, Sept. 28, 1853, is the son of George W. and
Margaret Davis, nee Morton.
Mr. Davis spent his youth on his father's farm, and, like
farmers' sons generally, he worked during the summer, when old
enough, and attended school during the winter. On the
twelfth of January, 1876, he married Miss Lucy W. Baxter,
daughters of J. W. Baxter.
Mr. Davis is an energetic and enterprising farmer
and an estimable citizen. They have two children, viz:
George W. and Daisy M.
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Joseph S. Davis
(portrait)
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JOSEPH S. DAVIS
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JOSEPH
SLOCUM DAVIS, Attorney at law and secretary of the
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Delaware railroad company, Mt. Vernon,
was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1812. He is
the third child of Henry and Avice Davis, nee Towne.
His father was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, his mother in
Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where they were
married, and came to Ohio in the year 1808, settling in Ross
county. After a residence there of three years they moved
into Pickaway county, remained there about four years and then
removed to Hillsborough, Highland county, Ohio, where they lived
until they died. The father was engaged in mercantile
pursuits.
The subject of this notice, when not at school,
assisted his father in the store. In 1829 he entered the
preparatory school at Gambier and continued two years in that
department. He then entered the freshman class in Kenyon
college, passed regularly through the several college classes
and graduated in 1835. He read law with the late
Benjamin S. Brown, of Mt. Vernon, and in the winter of
1836-37 attended the Cincinnati law school, and was admitted to
the bar in 1837. He commenced the practice of law in
company with the Hon. C. Delano, and continued for
several years, abut after a severe attack of pleurisy his health
failed to such an extent that he was compelled to retire.
He was twice elected probate judge of Knox county on
the Republican ticket, this last term expiring in 1861.
In 1849-50-51 he was elected mayor of Mt. Vernon, and
again in 1866-68-70 and 71.
He was the first editor of the True Whig, a
newspaper established at Mt. Vernon in 1848, to advocate the
election of General Zachariah Taylor to the Presidency of
the United States.
In 1850 he was appointed deputy United States marshal
and took the Federal census of Knox county.
In the winter of 1864-5 he was appointed by
President Lincoln paymaster in the United States army - was
ordered to Washington city, mustered into the service, and
remained there until July after the close of the Rebellion.
He has always taken a lively interest in the public
schools, and has been connected with the city board of education
twenty-five years, or since its organization in 1856, is now and
has been for the last nine years president of said board.
In 1869 the directors of the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon &
Delaware Railroad company elected him secretary of said company,
which position he still holds.
Mr. Davis is esteemed as a frank, candid man, of
scrupulous integrity, modest and retiring in disposition,
affable in his manners, reserved in speech, honorable in his
dealings, and a reliable friend, but firm and decided in his
opinions, prompt and conscientious in the proper discharge of
every public or private trust committed to his care.
Mr. Davis was married to Miss Sarah B. Moore,
who was born in Connellsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania,
Mar. 1813, the only daughter of Doctor Robert D. Moore.
They have had four children, two sons and two daughters, all of
whom are living. Captain Henry M. Davis resides at
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Anna C., married to John
W. Hall, lives in Washington city. Mary A. and
Rorlin H. are at home.
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W. SCOTT
DAVIS, farmer, Berlin township; post office,
Fredericktown; born in Berlin township in 1852, and was married
in 1874 to Mary Morriston, who was born in Wayne
township, in 1854. They have three children:
Robertie Bell, born in 1875; Steward, in 1877;
Daisy Dell, in 1878. Mr. Davis is a farmer, and
resides on the old home farm.
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THOMAS
DAVIS, Berlin township, farmer, post office,
Fredericktown, born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1809; was
married to Jane Jenkins, who was born in 1815 in Loudown
county, Virginia. They had six children: Sarah,
born 1838; John in 1840; Martha, in 1841;
Eliza, in 1844; Margaret, in 1847; Stephen
Taylor, in 1859.
Mrs. Jane Davis died in 1850. Mr.
Thomas Davis married again, his second marriage being to
Elizabeth Baker, who was born in Wayne township, Knox
county, in 1820. They had two children, W. Scott,
born in 1852, and Charlotte Ellen, in 1855.
John Davis was a soldier in the late war.
He enlisted in the One Hundred and Twentieth regiment, and
continued in the service until his health failed. After
his health was restored he again enlisted, but was again
discharged on account of ill health. His health improved
again, and he again enlisted, and received an honorable
discharge at the close of the service.
Mr. Davis came to Ohio in 1838, and located on a
farm in Berlin township, Knox county. He owns a well
improved farm and has been identified with this county for
forty-eight years. He has been a Methodist for fifteen
years, and has been a Republican since the organization of the
party.
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JAMES DAWSON, Howard Township,
farmer, post office, 1849. His father, John Dawson,
died in July, 1858. His grandfather died at the same place
just one week previous. James Dawson was married to
Etta Critchfield in January, 1875, and commenced business
on the old farm. He has two children: Philip,
born Feb. 10, 1870; Catura, May 21, 1878. His
mother lives with them.
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STEPHEN DAY
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BENJAMIN DEAN, Wayne township,
farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Washington township,
Richland county, in 1851, and was married in 1873 to Amanda
Rowe, who was born in this township in 1848. Their
children are James L., born Apr. 2, 1875, and Charlie,
Oct. 23, 1878. Mr. Dean came to this county in
1868. He is one of the leading farmers of this township.
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REUBEN DEBOLT
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COLUMBUS DELANO
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ABRAHAM DENNIS, deceased,
Berlin township, was born in New York; came to Knox county in
1865; he died in 1874. He had four children:
William H., Martha, Laura E., and Philip H. Dennis.
William died in Guernsey county, and left a family of eight
children. Martha died in Knox county in 1875.
Laura E. Dennis and her nephew, Willard, are
living on the home place.
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JAMES A. DENNY, was born in
Jackson township Apr. 4, 1840; he was married Feb. 3, 1865, to
Mary Ann Dugan. They have had eight children, viz.:
Leona, Leota, Maude, Guy, Edith E., Downey E., Leroy, one
infant not named. Leona, born Nov. 22, 1865;
Leota, Nov. 22, 1866, Maude, Jan. 15, 1867; Guy,
July 2, 1870; Leroy July 23, 1876; Edith E., June
26, 1878; Downey E., Apr. 2, 1880; infant not named, Apr.
21, 1874. Mr. Denny was a member of company
I, Eighty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and company F.,
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry.
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GEORGE W. DETWILER, Wayne
township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Richland
county, Ohio, in 1845, and was married in 1869, to Lydia
Cassell, who was born in Knox county. Mr. Detwiler
has been a resident of this township ever since he came from
Richland county, and is one of its active men. He was a
soldier in the war, served out his time of enlistment and
received an honorable discharge.
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BENJAMIN F. DEVER
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SAMUEL J. DEVOE
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BENJAMIN W. DEWITT,
farmer, Brown township, post office, Jelloway, son of
Jonathan and Mary Dewitt, born in Richland township, Holmen
county, where he was reared and received a part of his
education. He graduated in Madison college, Guernsey
county, in his nineteenth year; he then commenced the teaching
of school, which he continued for twenty-one quarters, teaching
seven quarters in one district. He also taught vocal music
in connection. On the eleventh day of November, 1847, in
his twenty-fifth year, he married Sarah A. Workman, of
Knox county, James S. Blair officiating. She was
the first daughter of S. C. and Mary Workman, born Sept.
6, 1828. After his marriage he moved upon a farm of his
father's in Holmes county, where he remained about one year.
While there he taught one term of school in the town of
Millersburgh during the winter season; he then moved back to
Knox county, Brown township, locating on the farm where he now
resides, which was then known as the McCall and
Stokley lands. By their marriage they became the
parents of fifteen children: Normanda E., born Feb. 5,
1849; Squire E., Aug. 11, 1850; James H., Jan. 31,
1852; Jonathan C., Apr. 1, 1853, and died Aug. 4, 1853;
Mary E., Oct. 17, 1854; Solomon H., Mar. 27, 1856;
Sarah J., Mar. 27, 1857, and died Aug. 28, 1858;
Priscilla S., Aug. 8, 1859; Channing C., Oct. 20,
1860; Benjamin F., July 18, 1862, died Aug. 28, 1862;
Osmer B., July 18, 1863; Elma F., September 3, 1865;
Harriet L., Apr. 3, 1867; Susannah B., Mar. 8,
1869, now dead; William F., Dec. 8, 1870, died Apr. 15,
1871, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt and family are members of
the German Baptist church.
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SQUIRE E. DEWITT, Jefferson
township, farmer, post office, Jelloway, was born in Brown
township in 1850. He was married in 1873 to Melinda
Shambaugh, who was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1848.
They had three children - Charles Alpheus, born in 1874;
Iva May, born in 1876; John H. O., born in 1879.
Mrs. Melinda Dewitt died in 1879, in Jefferson county.
Mr. Dewitt is a farmer by occupation and active and
enterprising man.
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ISAAC DIAL
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JAMES DIAL
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ALFRED J. DICKESON
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JAMES DICKSON, Wayne township,
farmer, post office Fredericktown, born in Knox county in 1846,
and was married in 1871 to Mary Bricker, who was born in
Knox county in 1850. They have one son, Ray B.,
born Sept. 14, 1879. His father, Samuel Dickson,
was married to Elizabeth Rood They had a family of
six children. They were among the earlier settlers of this
county. Mr. Dickson died in this county in 1870.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson died in 1875.
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MRS. HARRIET DISNEY
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WILLIAM DISNEY
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STEVEN B. DODD
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P. N. DONAHEY
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P. N. DONAHEY
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S. R. DOOLITTLE,
merchant, and son of Philo Doolittle, was born
in Fredericktown, this county, in 1838. In 1865 he came to
Gambier, engaged in the mercantile business, and has been
actively engaged in that business since that time. He
constantly keeps on hand a full assortment of every thing in his
line, such as dry goods, groceries, notions, hardware,
agricultural implements, etc.
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CHARLES DOTY,
Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Stark
county, Ohio, in 1823, and was married in 1854 to Ann Tharp,
who was born in Wayne county in 1834. They have two
children - Elizabeth and Stanton W. Mr. Doty
came to this county in 1841, first located in Jefferson township
and in 1872 came to this township. He is a farmer, owning
a good farm in this township.
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CONRAD DOUP,
Pike township, blacksmith, post office. Democracy, born in
Union township, Knox county, in 1839, and was married in 1866 to
Margaret Kirkpatrick, who was born in this
township in 1847. They had six children: John
Sherman, born in 1867; Frank W., born in 1869; Ada
C., born in 1871, died in 1872; Ava L., born in 1873;
Zara Clifton, born in 1876, and Altha M. in 1879.
He commenced the blacksmithing business in 1856, with his
brother George, and has been engaged in that trade ever
since, except during the late war. He enlisted in
Captain James Drake's company H, Twenty-third
regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, continued in the service for
over three years, and was honorably discharged. He is now
a resident of Amity, and is one of the leading men of the place.
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FREDERICK DOUP, Butler
township, was born in Germany, and came to America about forty
years ago. He served in the Mexican war and in the war of
the Rebellion, proving a gallant soldier. He is now a
prosperous farmer of Butler township.
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LOUIS DOUP,
Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Union
township, this county, in 1843, and was married in 1866 to
Lenah F. Smith, who was born in Johnson county, Iowa, in
1847. They have six children - Martha (deceased),
Bryan, Elmer, Clara, Nancy, and Laura.
Mr. Doup was a soldier in the late war, a member of company
H, Twenty-third regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and was
engaged with company G. He was in the war four years and
three months, and was a valiant soldier. His father,
Conrad Doup, was born in Germany in 1805, came to America
in 1830, located in Knox county in 1832. He was
married to Catharine Best, who died in 1832. His
second marriage was to Catharine Hager, who was born in
Pennsylvania in 1809. They had nine children - George,
Daniel, Solomon, Conrad, Elizabeth (deceased), Louis,
Joseph, Barbara (deceased), William (deceased).
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E. W. DOWDS
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ELIJAH DOWDS
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WILLIAM B. DOWDS
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B. F. DOWLER, St. Louis, Missouri, dealer in horses, Nos. 20 and
21 Market street; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1830, and was
married in 1850 to Miss Hannah Ridgers, who was born in
Wayne township, this county, in 1830. They have two
children, Adelpha and Freddie. Mr. Dowler
has been quite extensively engaged in buying and shipping horses
from this county to eastern States and cities. He has
moved to St. Louis, owns two farms near the city, and still
continues shipping horses.
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JAMES DOYLE,
Mt. Vernon, deceased, a native of Ireland, was born in the
spring of 1806, in the parish of Fernes, town and country of
Wexford. In 1833 he entered the Government employ under
contracts for building Government wharfs and piers in the
different harbors along the Irish coast. On the first day
of January, 1836, while in Liverpool, England, he entered the
British navy as a volunteer, and was transferred to the royal
mail service as a boatman, and stationed at Kingstown, Ireland.
A great amount of the work required of him while in the mail
service was necessarily performed during the night time.
The mail ships that carried the great mail between London and
Dublin, made no stop at Kingstown, where he was stationed, and
the boat service was sometimes one of great danger. It was
often with great difficulty that the boat in darkness and amidst
mountain waves, was enabled to reach the shore. Twice
while in this service he received slight bodily injuries.
He was discharged from the mail service by the board of
admiralty, after serving faithfully for fifteen years, February
20, 1851. The reason assigned for the discharge was that
the mail service was transferred by the Government to that of a
private company. In all making about eighteen years of his
life spent in the service of the British Government.
In 1851 he with wife and family emigrated to America
and located in Massillon, Stark county, Ohio, remained about six
years, then, in April, 1857, he came to this county and settled
in Mt. Vernon, where he passed the remainder of his days.
About thirty-three years of his life were spent in performing
night duty, including naval and civil life. After his
coming to Ohio he was employed as a night watchman, both while
living in Massillon and in Mt. Vernon. As a night watchman
at the Buckingham foundry he remained for many years. He
married Miss Mary Harney, of Ireland, born in 1817.
They had nine children, five of whom were born in Ireland and
four in America. The first born died and was buried in
Ireland, and two others breathed their last in America.
The other six are still living. Two of their sons, John
M. and Philip E. Doyle, served as private soldiers in
the late war; John M. was in the Sixty-first Ohio
volunteer infantry, served until the close of the war, returned
home and is now residing in Mt. Vernon; by trade he is a
machinist in the shops of the John Cooper's manufacturing
company. Philip E. service about three years in the
Eighteenth United States regulars. He returned home at the
expiration of his term of service, and now resides in Leadville,
Colorado.
Patrick, their youngest, is a moulder by trade
and is now living in Mansfield, Ohio, having been employed by
Aultman & Taylor several years. Mr. Doyle is
still living in rigorous old age.
Of the parents of Mr. Doyle but little can, at
this late date be learned. He is a son of Philip Doyle,
who married a Miss Brennon of Wexford, Ireland, about the
year 1798, just after the suppression of the great Irish
rebellion.
Seven children were born to them,
one of which was James, the subject of this
sketch.
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DAVID
DUDGEON, farmer and wool-grower, post office Gambier;
fourth son of Simon and Nancy Dudgeon, born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Apr. 11, 1820. He received an
education, and at the age of twenty-one years he went to Allen
county, and remained about five years. In 1845, when in
Allen county, he purchased two hundred acres of land, then came
back to Knox county, and then went to farming for his mother.
About a year after returning home he sold his land in Allen
county to his brother Thomas, for the sum of nine hundred
dollars, and then purchased a share in the home-place, where he
continued to remained and farm, purchasing shares in the home
farm. This he continued about eight years, by which time
he had become the owner of three hundred and fifty acres.
On Feb. 10, 1848, he was united in marriage with Mary J.,
a daughter of Asa and Catharine Freeman, born in Knox
county, Butler township, Aug. 2, 1831. Their union
resulted in eleven children, viz.: Martha, Eunice, Ann,
Lydia, William, Jessie (died May 21, 1863), Andrew,
Caroline, Lee, Reuben, and Jane.
In April, 1880, he purchased seventy-four acres in
Pleasant township, Knox county, at a cost of three thousand
seven hundred dollars, which he deeded to his daughter, and
which she now occupies.
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MOSES
DUDGEON, farmer and stock-raiser, post office Gambier;
fourth son of Simon and Nancy Dungeon, born in Harrison
township, Knox county, Jan. 31, 1818, where he was reared
and enured to the hardships of a pioneer life.
The subject of this sketch remained with his father
until the age of twenty-six years, when his father gave him a
quarter section of land in Allen county, which he owned about
three years, when he exchanged it for an interest in the old
homestead in Knox county, where he at present resides.
Dec. 26, 1844, he was united in marriage with
Hannah, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Devare, born
in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where she was reared until
at the age of eight years, when her parents both died. She
was then brought to Knox county by Daniel Sawyers, with
whom she lived.
Mr. Dudgeon is at present the owner of two
hundred and forty acres of land, and has also held quite a
member of offices of trust in said county and township, being
county commissioner, justice of the peace, and treasurer.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Dudgeon resulted in
five children, as follows: Mqarvin, Lyman, Mary, Simon
and Angie, who are all living.
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SIMON DUDGEON
(deceased). The subject of this sketch was born in Ireland,
county Donegal, June 3, 1776, where he was reared, and lived
until 1802 (being twenty-six years of age), when he sailed for
America, landing in the city of New York, he having but one
English shilling left, which he soon parted with to have his
shirt washed. From New York city he went to the State of
Connecticut, where he remained and worked a short time.
From there he came back to Delaware county, New York, and hired
to perform labor by the month, on a farm, where he remained but
a short time, after wards engaging in the lumbering business,
continuing at it until the year 1810, when he came to what is
known as Harrison township, Knox county, where he entered three
quarter sections of land, and afterwards sold one
quarter-section to his brother Moses, in order to get
money to improve the balance. After this he went to
Washington county, Pennsylvania, and there, in September, 1811,
he married Nancy Elliott, daughter of Charles
and Jane Elliott, born in Ireland in 1791. After his
marriage (in October, 1811) he returned to Knox county and moved
upon his land, which was all a dense forest at that time, and
erected himself a small tent, covering the same with sheets, to
shelter himself and wife from the storm and the wild animals
that infested the country at that time. He then proceeded
to cut logs and build a cabin, which he and his wife soon
occupied. He then proceeded to clearing his land and
getting it ready for cultivation. In this labor he was
engaged from year to year until he became the owner of a fine
farm. In the meantime he kept purchasing land until he was
the owner of seven hundred and twelve acres, which at his death
was divided among his sons and daughters. There were born
to Simon Dudgeon and Nancy
Elliott ten children as follows: Jane, Thomas,
Charles, Moses, David, William,
Simon, Mary, John, and Andrew, eight of
whom are now living.
The subject of this sketch died June 2, 1845, in his
sixty-ninth year; his companion survived him till Dec. 14, 1859,
when she died, aged nearly sixty-nine years.
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WILLIAM
DUKE, marble cutter, Fredericktown, was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He came to Ohio
in 1863. He commenced the manufacture of gun stocks with
Hoover & Fisher, and worked at that business till 1865.
In 1871 he went to Newark, Licking county, and engaged in the
manufacture of tombstone. He was married in Newark in 1874
to Emma J. Sasser, who was born in St. Louis. They
have two children, viz.: Luther James, born Nov. 22,
1874; Cora Mabel, Mar. 17, 1877. Mr. Duke
came to Fredericktown, Apr. 1, 1879, and is engaged with John
Getz, in the manufacture of monuments and tombstones.
He is a good mechanic, and an active citizen of the county.
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J. DUN,
farmer, Howard township, post office, Howard was born in
Wheeling, Virginia. His father came to this county in the
early days of his son's life, and died shortly after.
Mr. Dun has lived all his life in Knox county. He was
married in 1865 and settled in Howard township. He had
five children, two of whom died in infancy, and the other three
are still living.
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WILLIAM DUNBAR
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JAMES
DUNCAN, JR., teacher, Fredericktown, was born in Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, in 1846; came to Ohio in 1857, and was
married in 1871 to Lucy A. Mitchell, who was born in
Richland county, Ohio, in 1848. They have two children -
Cloyd, born in 1873, and Bessie, born in 1875.
Mr. Duncan was educated at Washington and Jefferson
college. He is now superintendent of the union schools, of
Fredericktown. He enlisted in the late war as a member of
One hundred and Forty-second regiment, Ohio National guard, and
served out his time and received an honorable discharge.
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JAMES DUNCAN, SR.,
Fredericktown, retired farmer, was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, Jan. 6, 1806, and came to Ohio in 1837. He
was married, in 1841, to Mary McKowen, who was born in Virginia
in 1814. They had the following family, viz.: Thomas,
born July, 3, 1842; George, born Apr. 3, 1844; James,
jr., born May 5, 1846; Albert, born Apr. 19, 1848;
Charles, born Nov. 11, 1849; Mary, born May 26, 1851;
Charles Albert, born Jun. 26, 1854; Norris, born
Nov. 11, 1856.
George died November, 1862; Thomas died
in Wayne township Jan. 11, 1861; Albert Charles and
Charles Albert died in Pennsylvania; Norris in Ohio.
Mary Duncan was married to W. H. Lane,
and resides at Lindsey. Mr. Lane is engaged in the
practice of medicine at that place.
Mr. James Duncan, sr., was a farmer by
occupation, and has lived in this township since 1857. In
1868 he moved to Fredericktown, and has always been one of its
enterprising citizens.
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WILLIAM
H. DUNCAN, mechanic, Union township; post office, Gann.
He was born Mar. 7, 1829, in Baltimore, Maryland. At
twelve years of age he enlisted in the United States navy,
remained five years, and then went to Cincinnati and remained
five years. He then went to the Mexican war and was gone
two years. After being discharged, he went to Cincinnati,
and then to Baltimore, then to Mt. Vernon, and worked at his
trade eighteen months. In 1855 he was married to Miss
Swats, and settled in Mt. Holly, and remained there until
the Rebellion, when he went out with Colonel H. B. Banning
One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteer infantry, and
remained until the close of the war. Since that time he
has paid strict attention to the boot and shoe business.
He was married to Miss E. Johnson in 1865, and she only
lived about ten years after. In 1877 he married Miss H.
Comstock. He has the following children: William,
Margaret, Louisa, Margaret, Benjamin, Ira M., Cora Lee, and
Lucy Fisher. His grandchild, Viola Minnie,
is living with him.
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JACOB DUNHAM
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WILLIAM E. DUNHAM
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JOHN DUNN,
Brown township, farmer, and a son of George and Alice Dunn,
was born in Licking county, Ohio, Mar. 26, 1834. His early
life was spent on a farm. In 1857 he married Miss
Elizabeth Divan, of Licking county, and settled there.
Their union resulted in one child - a daughter.
In 1864, he came to Jelloway, this county, where he
married Miss Mary E. Tilton, of Jefferson
township, in October, 1864, daughter of Josephus and Sabina
Tilton, born in 1842. They settled near Jelloway, and
remained until 1864, when he purchased and moved on the farm,
where they now reside in Brown townshship
township, about three-fourths of a mile northeast of Jelloway.
They have a family of five children - three sons and two
daughters. He has made farming his vocation through his
life.
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MRS. RACHEL DURBIN
(DAWSON)
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BAPTIST DURBIN,
deceased, Union township, was born in Maryland in February,
1816. He emigrated to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1825, where
he married Miss Catharine King, in November, 1825.
She was born in Belmont county, Ohio, and is the daughter of
John King. They settled in Belmont county; remained
until 1832, when they moved to Knox county, and located in
Howard township, on a farm two miles north of Howard village,
where they passed the remainder of their days.
His wife died in August 1854. He survived her
until July 26, 1878. They reared a family of eleven
children: John, Benjamin, Jane, William, Mary, Tracy, Sarah
C., Margaret, Baptist, Alexander, and Emma C.
All are now living except Baptist who died in 1874.
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BENJAMIN DURBIN,
Union township, farmer, second son of Baptist and Catharine
Durbin, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 8, 1828.
On the nineteenth day of January, 1858, he married Miss
Margaret, daughter of William and Bridget McNamara,
born Oct. 20, 1833. They settled in Howard township, Knox
county; remained until 1864, when he purchased and moved on the
farm where they are now living, in Union township, one-half mile
north of Danville. They have four children, one son and
three daughters. He was brought up a farmer, and has
followed farming and stockraising. At present he owns two
farms, one in Jefferson, besides the one he is living on in
Union township.
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HENRY P. DURBIN,
Morris township, farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon; was born in
Clinton township in 1842, and married in 1864 to Mary
Chilcoat, who was born in Pennsylvania, Huntingdon county,
Dec. 4, 1837. They have the following children: Thomas
E., born Jan. 23, 1866; Jessie A., born Sept. 9,1870;
Rhoda E., born Apr. 9, 1873; Willie R., born Nov.
28, 1874; Miles S., born Nov. 26, 1878. Mr.
Durbin has resided on his present farm in Morris township
fifteen years.
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JOHN DURBIN,
farmer, Union township, the oldest son of Baptist and
Catharine Durbin, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Aug. 26,
1862, and came with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, in 1832.
He was reared a farmer and has made farming and stock
raising his principal vocation. He commenced working at
the carpenter and joiner trade, at the age of twenty-one years,
and has followed that business to some extent in connection with
farming. In April, 1852, he married Miss Lucinda Sapp,
born in Union township, Knox county, May 11, 1831, daughter of
Levi and Mary Sapp, nee Colopy.
They settled in Union township on the Sapp homestead,
where the lived a few years, and after living on several farms
in Union township, he purchased, in 1860, and moved on the farm
where they are now living, one half mile north of Danville.
At this time he owns three farms, one in Jefferson township, one
in Howard, and the one he is living on in Union township.
They have ten children, five sons and five daughters. He
filled the office of township treasurer four years.
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PETER DURBIN,
Howard township, farmer, post office Howard. He was born
in Alleghany county, Maryland, Jan. 31, 1835. His father
came to Ohio in 1843 and died in 1852. His mother died in
1873.
They raised ten children, who are settled in Howard
township: Marion, Susan, Rachel, Peter, Simeon, John,
Margaret, George, Benedict, and Pius. They now
own six hundred acres of good farming land.
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MRS.
RACHAEL DURBIN (DAWSON), post office,
Howad, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1822, and
came to Knox county in 1836 with her father, and settled on the
L. Pealer farm. She was married to John Dawson
Apr. 1, 1846. Mrs. Dawson and her husband remained
on the old farm until 1859 when they came to their present farm.
Mr. Dawson died July 1, 1855, and left Mrs. Dawson
with two children, James and Louisa who still
remain with her. Mrs. Dawson's father died in 1838,
and her mother lived with her until 1869, when she too passed
away.
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RAPHAEL DURBIN,
Howard township, farmer, post office Howard. He was born
Oct. 26, 1834, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. In 1845 he
moved to Knox county and settled in Howard township. He
was married Apr. 16, 1861, and a short time afterwards settled
on his farm. His father died in 1852 and his mother in
1873. They have nine children, Mary, Anna,
Charles, Joseph, John, Margaret,
William, Frances and Leo.
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SAMUEL DURBIN, Fredericktown,
deceased; was born in Pennsylvania about the year 1780, and
married to Rebecca Collins, who was born in 1783.
They had the following children, viz.: John, Thomas,
Elizabeth, Clemency, James, Sarah, Charity, Margaret and
Samuel. He came to Fairfield county at a very early
day an afterwards to Morris township, this county, in 1808.
He was the fourth settler in this township, the farm (now the
Grant farm) in this township. Mr. Durbin died
Apr. 22, 1822.
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THOMAS DURBIN,
Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard, was born Mar. 29,
1849, in Howard township. His father, Basil Durbin,
was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Knox county in 1830, and
moved to the farm where his son now lives, in 1850. He
died July 5, 1865, and left his little home to his son Thomas
Durbin, who was married to Hattie Porter, Oct. 27,
1879. Thomas Durbin's mother was born in Baltimore
county, Maryland, in 1806, and came here in 1826. She
still remains with her son, but is very feeble.
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WILLIAM DUSENBERRY
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VINCENT E. DYE
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